The Celtics lacked urgency in do-or-die Game 6 against the Knicks, and didn't play with the same killer edge as last year's championship team.

"Losing to the Knicks feels like death," Jaylen Brown said. "But I was always taught that there’s life after death."

The New York Knicks are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the 1999-00 campaign. Once Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum suffered a devastating torn Achilles injury at the end of Game 4,